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Hans Leo Hassler

1564 - 1612

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Hans Leo Hassler (in German, Hans Leo Haßler) (baptised 26 October 1564 – 8 June 1612) was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, elder brother of lesser known composer Jakob Hassler. He was born in Nürnberg and died in Frankfurt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Leo Hassler is the 367th most popular composer (down from 343rd in 2019), the 1,440th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,368th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hans Leo Hassler ranks 367 out of 1,451. Before him are Leonardo Leo, Frank Martin, Louis Marchand, Franco Alfano, Wojciech Kilar, and Johan Svendsen. After him are Antoine Busnois, Mykola Lysenko, Alfredo Casella, Jean-François Le Sueur, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, and John Dunstaple.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Hans Leo Hassler ranks 9. Before him are William Adams, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, and Francisco Pacheco. After him are Ahmad Sirhindi, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Borromeo, Joos de Momper, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara, and John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg. Among people deceased in 1612, Hans Leo Hassler ranks 11. Before him are Christopher Clavius, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Federico Barocci, Karin Månsdotter, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. After him are Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, John Smyth, Jodocus Hondius, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Ernest of Bavaria, and Piotr Skarga.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Leo Hassler ranks 1,440 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz von Hipper (1863), Brigitte Helm (1906), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Wilhelm Beer (1797), and Bernhard Rust (1883). After him are Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (1708), Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), and Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hans Leo Hassler ranks 52. Before him are Johann Kuhnau (1660), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Klaus Schulze (1947), Samuel Scheidt (1587), and Hans Werner Henze (1926). After him are Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Karl Richter (1926), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Peter Cornelius (1824), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), and Ferdinand Hiller (1811).

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